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On the visible continuum and bands in the interstellar extinction curve II
Renaud Papoular
Any distortion of a chemical structure causes new features to appear in the absorption spectrum of the structure, especially in the visible and near UV (see Paper I). Chemical mode…
On the visible continuum and lines in the Interstellar Extinction Curve
Renaud Papoular
This work purports to help understand the InterStellar Extinction Curve in and near the visible range. In this range, crystalline materials are known to be transparent, so amorphou…
A new interpretation of Serkowski's polarization law
Renaud Papoular
The basic tenets of the alternative interpretation to be presented here are that the spectral profiles of the star light polarization peaks observed in the visible and near IR are…
On interstellar light polarization by diamagnetic silicate and carbon dust in the infrared
Renaud Papoular
The motion of diamagnetic dust particles in interstellar magnetic fields is studied numerically with several different sets of parameters. Two types of behavior are observed, depen…
Candidate dust structures for starlight polarization
Renaud Papoular
Rotation damping and alignment are discussed as prerequisites for polarization power. An expression is derived from first principles, for the damping time of the rotation of a part…
On the dissipation of the rotation energy of dust grains in interstellar magnetic fields
Renaud Papoular
A new mechanism is described, analyzed and visualized, for the dissipation of suprathermal rotation energy of molecules in magnetic fields, a necessary condition for their alignmen…